Hilltop Yearbooks, 1915-1996

About this collection

The Hilltop yearbooks span from 1915 to 1996 and offer online access to Marquette University’s student annual. The provide a glimpse into the evolution of Wisconsin's largest private university. The 82 volumes contain more than 28,000 pages and include a wealth of information about the faculty, the physical growth of the Marquette campus, intercollegiate athletics, and student activities. Prepared by undergraduates, they feature the serious and the silly, including generational fads spanning most of the twentieth century. Occasionally student editors experimented with alternative formats, as in the case of a record that accompanied the 1970 volume. Distribution of the yearbook was captured in a 1930 film clip.